As part of their 2017 election manifesto the Conservative party pledged to support land based wind turbines in Shetland as long as the community benefit from any development. However no timescale was attributed to the pledge. Local newspaper ‘The Shetland … Continue reading →

Like all new technologies when they first enter the commercial market, wind turbines were costly and therefore the cost of generating electricity from them was higher than the more established methods. Over time the cost started to fall as the … Continue reading →

Scotland’s longest road, the A9, is to be fitted with electrical charging points its entire length from Falkirk in central Scotland, through Inverness and on to Scrabster Harbour in the very north of the country. At the launch of the … Continue reading →

A new survey carried out by WWF Scotland has revealed that the Scottish public want strong policies in the Climate Change Bill to help cut emissions and become more energy sustainable. 75% of those polled think that the government should … Continue reading →

Scottish Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse this week announced investment of £1.5 million in a project aimed at boosting offshore wind which it is hoped will help move renewables towards self sufficiency. The Carbon Trust which runs the project – called … Continue reading →

Scotland is once again leading the way with renewable energy technology as this week the initial phase of the world’s first full scale floating wind farm commenced. The project, named Hywind, off the coast of Peterhead in Scotland’s north east … Continue reading →

The results of recent analysis into the new SSE and Beatrice Offshore wind farm has shown that the £2.6 billion 84 turbine project will add £530 million to the Scottish economy. The Outer Moray Firth development was consented in March … Continue reading →

The first geothermal plant in the UK could be a reality as soon as 2020 if a multimillion-pound fundraising drive for a pioneering project to produce power from hot rocks several kilometres under the ground in Cornwall succeeds. The £18million … Continue reading →

With the American government recently stating it was withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement it is reassuring to know that many large corporations are still committed to helping create a greener future. The RE100 initiative from international non-profit The Climate … Continue reading →

In the first three months of 2017 renewables set another new record by generating a quarter of all electricity used in the UK according to official records published last week New data from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial … Continue reading →